Indian equities bounced back on Tuesday snapping earlier losses. At 9.45 a.m, the Sensex was trading up 69.28 points or 0.19% at 36,393.05 with 23 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading higher by 41.50 points or 0.38% at 10,978.35 with 39 components gaining.

Major gainers in the 30-share index were ICICI Bank (1.81%), Tata Motors (1.59%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (1.51%), Reliance Industries (1.29%), Tata Power Company (1.16%), and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (1.04%).

On the other hand, Hindustan Unilever (2.10%), NTPC (0.71%), Housing Development Finance Corporation (0.66%), Kotak Mahindra Bank (0.58%), Larsen & Toubro (0.44%), and Tata Consultancy Services (0.29%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.

Market breadth was negative with 798 advances against 517 declines.

Hindustan Unilever topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 159.86 million. It was followed by PC Jeweller (Rs. 133.08 million), Infosys (Rs. 98.18 million) and Tata Steel (Rs. 87.75 million).

The volume chart was led by PC Jeweller with trades of over 1.45 million shares. It was followed by Reliance Communications (1.29 million), Religare Enterprises (0.93 million) and Jaiprakash Associates (0.86 million).